Help with new frag ID

jimv

Member
Picked up a few frags from the LFS and could use some help with the ID.

Some type of birds nest?

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Some type of acro?

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Meteor coral?

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This one came in on a piece of live rock that I've had for a while and is getting bigger. Monti?

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Wrangy

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First frag is either a pocilliopora or a stylophora, given the growth pattern and polyps.
Second frag is acropora sp. but no idea on individual species, hopefully it colours into a beauty for you :D
Third is, as mentioned above, a cyphastrea. The give away is the tissue patterning.
Fourth is definitely montipora :) An encrusting type that will grow outwards as well, as you can tell by the little off-shots :)

Hope that helps :)
 

jimv

Member
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I have had lots if growth on what we think is a Monti. Now that it is bigger can we confirm?

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Oxylebius

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Yes, it is a Montipora. Prehaps a monti spongodes or maybe a montipora capitata. The base growth in your first picture, when you first got it, it has lots of nodules, this should help you to ID it with. Not all monties have this.
 

soco

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I have had lots if growth on what we think is a Monti. Now that it is bigger can we confirm?

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That looks like a millepora

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